You're going to be here. Welcome to the new episode of American Hauntings, the podcast dedicated to the history,

hauntings, legends, and lore of America's past.

Show is hosted and produced by Cody Beck and written and performed by Troy Taylor.

That's me.

And we are now in our fourth season, Haunted New Orleans.

If you're tuning into the podcast for the first time fourth season, Haunted New Orleans.

If you're tuning into the podcast for the first time,

we suggest you start listening to the Haunted New Orleans

seasons with episode 53, which is where this season begins

and where we set the stage for the many dark tales ahead.

In each episode of the season, we'll be revealing the history, mystery, spirits, scandals,

and sins of New Orleans, a city we believe is the most haunted in America.

So grab a shovel, head down to the boneyard, and get ready for the next episode of Haunted New Orleans. In this episode we're going to talk about a subject that many of our listeners have been waiting for and

a state of being that none of us can avoid death. Specifically death in

New Orleans. There are 38 cemeteries in New Orleans so there's no way that we can get to all of them.

Instead, we'll focus on the history of death, burials, and bone yards in the city, and then

take a closer look at the cemetery that's most popular among tourists. Of course just

using those two words together, Cemetery and tourist says a lot about what

kind of traveler embraces New Orleans. I'm thinking it's a lot like the kind of

listener that never misses this podcast. It was Mark Twain who first praised the

uniqueness of New Orleans cemeteries. He wrote, Our cities of the dead look just like our cities of the living,

long narrow houses housing multiple generations of the same family

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